NCMB CONDUCTS MID-YEAR PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT

 

            Officials of the National Conciliation and Mediation Board (NCMB) held its mid-year performance assessment recently in Manila.  Its 15 Regional Directors attended the activity.  They reported to Executive Director Rolando Rico C. Olalia the performance of their respective regions and together with the Board’s directorate formulated the Board’s targets and projections for the rest of the year.

 

            The Board is happy to note that the incidence of strikes is still below the projected target of 37.  For the first semester of 2003, the number of strikes is 28.  Of the 31 strike cases handled, 27 were disposed resulting to an 87% disposition rate.  Of the 27 disposed cases, 16 were amicably settled, for a settlement rate of 52% as compared to 59% achieved in comparable period last year.  It took an average of 15 days to dispose actual strikes, shorter than the 25 days during the same period of the previous year..

 

            Timely and effective conciliation-mediation services resulted in the disposition of 319 out of the 411 strike notices handled during the first semester of the year or a 78% disposition rate.  Of the 319 disposed cases, 220 were settled for a settlement rate of 54%. 

 

            The Board disposed 398 of the 471 preventive mediation cases or an 84% disposition rate.  Settlement rate is placed at 66%. 

 

            The Board also monitored 88 new voluntary arbitration (VA) cases and the award of some P1,517,102.94 to 45 workers in 67 decided VA cases.  It facilitated the award of some P2,756,087.01 to 361 workers in 136 settled FLAVAS cases, and the operationalization of 129 grievance machineries.  A total of 212 GMs were strengthened/enhanced. 

 

            Thirty-seven (37) new labor-management committees/councils were facilitated/ reactivated even as 222 existing LMCs were extended assistance.

 

            In his message, Director Olalia thanked the Regional Directors for their help in achieving the Board’s targets in the area of industrial peace.  He challenged them to reexamine the Board’s mission/vision and fine-tune it to improve the delivery of service to the stakeholders.

 

            He also thanked the Directors for their support to the NCMB leadership under his helm as he is accepting a new assignment abroad. (Director Olalia has been appointed labor attaché in Canada.)   He added that his two years stint at the NCMB is one of the most memorable experiences in his professional career.